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America Has REPEATEDLY Committed War Crimes By Bombing Civilians
The U.S. criticized Russia for killing civilians in Syria.
But just last week, the U.S. intentionally bombed one of the only hospitals in Northeastern Afghanistan (run by Nobel prize-winner Doctors Without Borders), killing hundreds. This occurred 3 months after U.S.-backed Afghani special forces raided and threatened the hospital, and after the hospital had repeatedly given its gps coordinates to the U.S. military … and repeatedly called saying they were under attack.
And the Washington Post notes that incendiary bombs may have been used:
The AC-130U plane, circling above in the dark, raked the medical compound with bursts of cannon fire, potentially even using high explosive incendiary munitions, for more than an hour. The assault left at least 22 people dead, some of them burned to death.
It’s a war crime to bomb a hospital without giving adequate warning so patients can leave.
This is not the first time the U.S. has bombed civilian targets:
Prison Planet.com » America Has REPEATEDLY Committed War Crimes By Bombing Civilians
The U.S. criticized Russia for killing civilians in Syria.
But just last week, the U.S. intentionally bombed one of the only hospitals in Northeastern Afghanistan (run by Nobel prize-winner Doctors Without Borders), killing hundreds. This occurred 3 months after U.S.-backed Afghani special forces raided and threatened the hospital, and after the hospital had repeatedly given its gps coordinates to the U.S. military … and repeatedly called saying they were under attack.
And the Washington Post notes that incendiary bombs may have been used:
The AC-130U plane, circling above in the dark, raked the medical compound with bursts of cannon fire, potentially even using high explosive incendiary munitions, for more than an hour. The assault left at least 22 people dead, some of them burned to death.
It’s a war crime to bomb a hospital without giving adequate warning so patients can leave.
This is not the first time the U.S. has bombed civilian targets:
- In 1969 and 1970, the U.S. bombed several hospitals and a Red Cross facility in Cambodia
- On February 13, 1991, the U.S. purposefully targeted an air raid shelter near the Baghdad airport with two 2,000-pound laser-guided bombs, which punched through 10 feet of concrete and killed at least 408 Iraqi civilians.
- On April 23, 1999, NATO intentionally bombed a Serbian television station, killing 16. President Clinton said of the bombing: “Our military leaders at NATO believe … that the Serb television is an essential instrument of Mr. Milosevic’s command and control. … It is not, in a conventional sense, therefore, a media outlet. That was a decision they made, and I did not reverse it.” U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke said...
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